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. 2021 Jan 13;11:902. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-79628-w

Table 1.

Cu/water properties used in the simulations 12,13.

Properties Equation
Density ρeff=(1-φ)ρf+φρp
Heat capacity cp,eff=(1-φ)(ρcp)f+φ(ρcp)p(1-φ)ρf+φρp
Viscosity31 μnf=(1+7.3ϕ+123ϕ2)μf
Thermal conductivity

keff/kbf=1+kpkbfdbfdpϕ1-ϕ(1+25,000ubdpkbf)

Brownian motion velocity of nanoparticles :ub=2KBTπμbfdp2